Mrs.D. BSN

Mrs.D. has 7 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Medical cardiology.

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1. 4 yrs, Low experience, Hospital

   Mrs.D. replied to LexxNervous's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

   Well I can only speak to my eastern MA acute care hospital that has a union… but ratios aren’t not in the contract. Our tele floor can take up to 5 patients 7a-11p, and up to 6 patients 11-7a....

2. Reality Shock and New Grads. It's Real.

   Mrs.D. replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for this, it was a helpful reminder as someone who is about to precept her first new grad. I had an amazing preceptor, and I want to be that lifeline for my new grad who is due to meet me in...

3. Med Surg without CNAs?

   Mrs.D. replied to RN/WI's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I can’t speak to trends, but on my tele medsurg unit we take 3-5 patients. Usually we start with 3-4, and end with 4-5. We do have techs, though. Covid status is irrelevant to the assignment for us....

4. Anxious/Stressed About New Job...Advice Needed!!

   Mrs.D. replied to ahlee's topic in General Nursing

   I don’t have much for advice with the anxiety, but maybe the stress response. Do you have a Fitbit? It may seem silly, but there’s an App on Fitbit (maybe others too) called “Relax”. When you...

5. Bedside with an MSN?

   Mrs.D. replied to Sophia P's topic in General Nursing

   We utilize this on our medical cardiology floor. It’s a floor RN with a passion for knowledge and teaching who’s willing to take on more responsibility [and has energy... because it’s on top of...

6. Case Study: An OB Catastrophe

   Mrs.D. replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care

   This looks fun, I’ve never done a case study here. I’m not an OB nurse... VSS. I guess I’d be concerned that’s shes lost one pregnancy in the past. The pooling in the lady parts means...

7. Natural Hair - Maintenance

   Mrs.D. replied to MSN Abraham's topic in General Nursing

   I do not have your hair type, but I only wash my hair 1-2x/week to keep it healthy. I do pull it back in a ponytail so it’s out of my face, though. I don’t wear a cap, generally. I don’t see any...

8. Feel Like I’m Completely Failing...

   Mrs.D. replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

   I hear you, I really do. I had a shift like this yesterday. I’m almost 2 years in and I feel pretty dang proficient on the average day, but some days we spend 12 hours just trying to keep up. I was...

9. When You See Something, Say Something

   Mrs.D. replied to simba and mufasa's topic in General Nursing

   With my privilege, I honestly thought racism was a thing of the past. I just don’t SEE it. I’ve never had to really notice or acknowledged the little microaggressions that add up for you. But...

10. Med-Surg IV Meds

    Mrs.D. replied to Gyh's topic in General Nursing

    I work medical cardiology, so medsurg plus cardiac patients. It’s really going to depend where you work because medsurg has so many specialties like oncology, neuro, ortho too. I’m sure they...

11. Is the NANDA Dx the end-all-be-all??

    Mrs.D. replied to Mrs.D.'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I wonder if posting here will give a notification to the nurses who commented to help me. I don’t know what made me go back and read the few old posts I have. I just wanted to say thank you again...

12. Do nurses on Med-Surg/Tele have to work in the tele room?

    Mrs.D. replied to brainsarecool's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Eventually you learn the nuances of the lines and you can read any strip at 20 paces while continuing to walk past the monitor on your way to do something else LOL. If you plan to travel, I would just...

13. Do nurses on Med-Surg/Tele have to work in the tele room?

    Mrs.D. replied to brainsarecool's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hmm. I’ve never heard of a tele room. I’m a medsurg RN from Massachusetts. Our unit is categorized as “medical cardiology/telemetry”, so I’m considered a tele nurse. Every RN on the 40-bed...

14. Help...should I go back to Nursing School?

    Mrs.D. replied to Lena M's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I’m sorry this board isn’t active, but in case you make your way back here... I think being anxious of making a medication error is good judgment on your part. This aspect of our job has the...

15. Moving to Boston

    Mrs.D. replied to ineedachange1's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hey, CONGRATS on your new degree. I’m not in Boston, but I’m in Mass at an acute care hospital. When we’ve hired RNs with only 0-2 years acute rehab/LTC experience, we consider them new grads...